2006 Michigan Election Candidates September 12, 2006
Posted by Jason in 2006 Elections, Politics.trackback
Notes: This list of candidates is meant specifically for certain parts of Berrien and Newaygo County. It’s not a general listing of all candidates, although it includes all candidates that will be appearing statewide. If you’d like a personalized list of candidates that will be appearing on your ballot, check out the website Publius.org. You can also try your county clerk’s website.
3 Nov 2006 Update: Linked to Reginald Turner’s campaign website for State Board of Education.
31 Oct 2006 Update: Linked to Eugene Driker’s and Andrew McLemore’s campaign website for Wayne State University Board of Governors (thanks Vince!). Added race for Berrien County Commissioner District 2. Added race for 2nd Circuit Court Judge. Added race for Berrien County Probate Judge. Added race for 5th District Court Judge. Added race for Lake Michigan College Trustee. Removed the Dayton Township races.
27 Oct 2006 Update: Linked to Casandra Ulbrich’s campaign website for State Board of Education.
25 Oct 2006 Update: Added Dayton Township supervisor and trustee races.
22 Oct 2006 Update: Linked to Eileen Weiser’s campaign website for State Board of Education.
8 Oct 2006 Update: Linked to Jacob Woods’ campaign website for State Board of Education. Added Lieutenant Governor’s names to Governor candidate listings. Linked to Robert Gale’s campaign website for MSU Trustee. Linked to George Emerson’s campaign website for State Board of Education. Linked to Marc Shulman’s campaign website for Michigan Supreme Court Justice.
4 Oct 2006 Update: Linked to Edward Morin’s campaign website for University of Michigan Board of Regents.
27 Sep 2006 Update: Linked to Michael Cavanagh’s campaign website for Michigan Supreme Court Justice.
25 Sep 2006 Update: Linked to Jane Beckering’s campaign website for Michigan Supreme Court Justice.
16 Sep 2006 Update: Linked to Debbie Dingell’s campaign website for WSU Board of Governors. Added John Akouri’s blog.
15 Sep 2006 Update: Linked to Eric Larson’s campaign website for University of Michigan Regent.
14 Sep 2006 Update: Linked Graydon Dimkoff and Lawrence Hanson campaign websites for Newaygo County Probate Judge. Added Newaygo County Commissioner District 3. Added Court of Appeals for Berrien and Newaygo Counties. Added Circuit Court Judge for Newaygo County. Linked Julia Darlow’s campaign website for University of Michigan Regent. Linked to Maura Corrigan’s campaign website for Michigan Supreme Court Judge.
I decided to put together a list of candidates that’ll be appearing on my ballot this year so I could have a handy reference. The following candidates will be appearing on the ballot for Berrien County and Newaygo County. I found a big list of all candidates here.
Party abbreviations are: D-Democratic, R-Republican, Lib-Libertarian, Gre-Green, Const-Constitution, Nat-Natural Law Party, Tax-U.S. Tax Payers Party. Inc. stands for incumbent.
Governor/Lieutenant Governor
- Jennifer Granholm/John Cherry (D, inc.)
- Dick DeVos/Ruth Johnson (R)
- Gregory Creswell/Scotty Boman (Lib)
- Douglas Campbell/David Skrbina (Gre)
- Bhagwan Dashairya/Carl Oehling (Const)
Secretary of State
Attorney General
United States Senator
- Debbie Stabenow (D, inc.)
- Michael Bouchard (R)
- Leonard Schwartz (Lib)
- David Sole (Gre)
- Dennis FitzSimons (Const)
United States House of Representatives (Berrien County, 6th District)
United States House of Representatives (Newaygo County, 2nd District)
- Peter Hoekstra (R, inc.)
- Kimon Kotos (D)
- Steven Van Til (Lib)
- Ronald Graeser (Const)
Michigan State Senate (Berrien County, 21st District)
- Ron Jelinek (R, inc.)
- Valerie Janowski (D)
Michigan State Senate (Newaygo County, 34th District)
Michigan State House (Berrien County, 78th District)
Michigan State House (Newaygo County, 100th District)
- Goeff Hansen (R, inc.)
- Bill Richards (D)
Michigan State Board of Education (vote for 2)
- Reginald Turner (D, inc.)
- Eileen Weiser (R, inc.)
- Tom McMillin (R)
- Casandra Ulbrich (D)
- Kevin Carey (Gre)
- Jacob Woods (Gre)
- George Emerson (Const)
- Gail Graeser (Const)
- Erwin Haas (Lib)
- Ernest Whiteside (Lib) (interesting note, he’s an atheist)
- Debra Hayden (Nat)
University of Michigan Board of Regents (vote for 2)
- David Brandon (R, inc.)
- Kathy White (D, inc.)
- Susan Brown (R)
- Julia Darlow (D)
- Edward Morin (Gre)
- Karen Adams (Const)
- James Hudler (Lib)
- Eric Larson (Lib)
- Valerie Hilden (Nat)
Michigan State University Board of Trustees (vote for 2)
- Dee Cook (R, inc.)
- Dave Porteous (R, inc.)
- Faylene Owen (D)
- George Perles (D)
- Lauren Spencer (Gre) Wow, she’s 19, and is using MySpace as a campaign website. Crazy!
- Robert Gale (Tax)
- J.P. Denoyer (Lib)
- David Raaflaub (Lib)
- Katherine Dern (Nat)
Wayne State University Board of Governors (vote for 2)
- Eugene Driker (D, inc)
- Andrew McLemore, Jr. (R)
- Debbie Dingell (D)
- John Akouri (R) (Blog)
- Margaret Guttshall (Gre)
- Michael Merriweather (Gre)
- Philip Johnson (Tax)
- Robert Van Bemmelen (Tax)
- Thomas Jones (Lib)
- Bob Schubring (Lib)
- Tara Stegner (Nat)
Michigan Supreme Court Justice (vote for 2)
- Michael Cavanagh (D, inc.)
- Maura Corrigan (R, inc.)
- Jane Beckering (D)
- Kerry Morgan (Lib)
- Marc Shulman (R)
Newaygo County Probate Judge
Newaygo County Commissioner (3rd District)
- Stanley Nieboer (R, inc.)
Michigan Court of Appeals (Berrien and Newaygo Counties, 3rd District, vote for 3)
- Bill Murphy (inc.)
- Janet Neff (inc.)
- Michael Smolenski (inc.)
Circuit Court Judge (27th Circuit, Newaygo County)
- Anthony Monton (inc.)
Berrien County Commissioner District 2
- Jon B. Hinkelman (R)
Judge of the Circuit Court 2nd Circuit (Berrien County)
- Al Butzbaugh
Berrien County Judge of the Probate Court
- Thomas Nelson
Judge of the District Court, 5th District (Berrien County)
- Lynda A. Tolen
Lake Michigan College Trustee (Berrien County, vote for 2)
- Pat Moody (inc.)
- Barbara A. Seats-Hall (inc.)
- Wilma Kime
Whew! I think that’s all of them. I may comment on individual races in the future.
Jason Felton is a homo sapien in his mid-20s observed to be living in west Michigan. Observations suggest that he spends way too much time on the internet reading blogs, researching family trees, and keeping track of current events in science and politics. Other interests of his include atheism, electronics, religion, and history, among many other things.
the Jane Beckering website is up:
http://www.janebeckering.com
Thanks!
Check out http://www.MichiganVoterPower.org for statewide Voter Guide with candidate information (short bios, Q & A) and ballot proposals (ballot language, pro & cons). Provided as a public service by the League of Women Voters of Michigan.
Thanks, this website was very helpful. It’s almost impossible to be an informed voter when information on the candidates is nowhere to be found!
Great to have a website where we can find the info on candidates to be informed voters!
Jason – this is a really impressive list. I run a non-profit organization called Publius.org that does online voter education in Michigan. We put up sample ballots and links to campaign websites through a voter file lookup (see the ballot your going to be facing at the polls). Drop me a line sometime. As of today we have most (95%) of the sample ballots in MI online – complete down to village proposals, etc. In the 10 years we’ve been doing Publius your list is one of the most comprehensive independent efforts I’ve seen.
Here’s one for your collection: http://www.andrewmclemore4waynestate.com.
I found this website very helpful in making decisions on whom to vote for.
Just vote Republican, except for Govenor.
Bush is forever saying that democracies do not invade other countries and start wars. Well, he did just that. He invaded Iraq, started a war, and killed people. What do you think? Is killing thousands of innocent civilians okay when you are doing a little government makeover?
Our country is in debt until forever, we don’t have jobs, and we live in fear. We have invaded a country and been responsible for thousands of deaths.
We have lost friends and influenced no one. No wonder most of the world thinks we suck. Thanks to what george bush has done to our country during the past three years, we do!